John Meyer of the Denver Post received the organization's highest honor last week when he was awarded the Jesse Abramson Award for excellence in track and field writing.  The presentation of the honor was made during the annual TAFWA breakfast that was held in Eugene before Monday's session of the Olympic Trials.  Kudos go out to Nike and John Capriotti for sponsoring the event, which was well attended by journalists and those working the meet.

Also during the reception, it was announced that multi-events expert Frank Zarnowski will receive the FAST award for service in statistics.

Special guests at the breakfast were Bubba Thornton, U.S. men’s Olympic coach, courtesy of Jill Geer, USATF director of communications; Vin Lananna, director of track and field at the University of Oregon and co-chair of Eugene 08; and the three women who ran their way on to the U.S. Olympic team in the 100 meters: Muna Lee, Torri Edwards and Lauryn Williams.